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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Woolwich 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE No. 77.Child Mortality (1—2 years).Death -rates per 1,000 estimated age population from stated Groups of Diseases.

TABLE No. 77.

Child Mortality (1—2 years).

Death -rates per 1,000 estimated age population from stated Groups of Diseases.

Period.Estimated mean Population.Infectious Fevers.Tuberculosis.Respiratory Diseases.Diarr- hœal Diseases.All other causes.Total Deaths.
19302,1905.48.914.111. 371.3713.24
19312,0711.451 .456.76.483.8614.0
19322,0166.45—1.99.492.4811.41
19331,927207—3.111.55—6.75
19341,7265.21—4.63—3.4713.32

Table: TABLE No. 78.Child Mortality (2—5 years).Death-rates per 1,000 estimated age population from stated Groups of Diseases.

TABLE No. 78.

Child Mortality (2—5 years).

Death-rates per 1,000 estimated age population from stated Groups of Diseases.

Period.Estimated mean Population.Infectious Fevers.Tuberculosis.Respiratory Diseases.Diarr-hœal Diseases.All other causes.Total. Deaths
19306,5341.39.46.92.00.763.53
19316,373.78.62.94.162.204.70
19326,294.79.48.79—1.433.49
19336,188.97.80.48—1.623.88
19345,953101.67•50—1.343.52

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Infant Mortality.
The number of deaths of infants under one year of age was 127, compared with
116 in 1933 and 123 in 1932. The rate of infant mortality resulting from these
deaths (deaths under 1 year per 1,000 births) was 63, compared with 62 in 1933 and
60 in 1932. The rates for the different Wards in the Borough are shown in Table
No. 66.
The rate for the Administrative County of London was 67, and for England and
Wales, 59.
The following Table No. 79, shows the distribution of infant mortality throughout
the year, calculated on a varying year basis.